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On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the descriptors returned by
-the @code{accept} function can not be used in calls to @code{read},
+the @code{accept} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read},
@code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
@code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
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Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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-On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{accept} function can not be used
+On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{accept} function cannot be used
in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
@code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
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